consumer society Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a consumer goods stall in the center of Harar. It offers a wide variety of consumer products specifically for Ethiopian needs.

Of course these may seem like not much for us, but in a country with an overwhelmingly rural population dedicated mainly to subsistence agriculture, these goods are precious. For many people the opportuniy to taste a soft drink or eat a package of biscuits is an opportunity to vary their typical diet based only of injera. (spongelike bread made of teff, a local cereal)

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xavshot (63345) 2006-11-14 14:02

Bonsoir Daniel
très jolies ces teintes bleu de part et d'autre de la compo. Cela apporte un beau cadre naturel. Excellente netteté également
Bravo
Xavier

parbo (11054) 2006-11-14 14:06

Salut Daniel,

What a poor life going every where in the world. Here is also no different scene in many places better then there. Your recognitions are excellent in your note. I’m very surprised when I saw a people a soft drink on hand or biscuits. He’s daily income is not enough for them and the small pack of biscuits are not enough to get full. Can you see seller face and proud looks from him? 100 % same story. Congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Parbo

Photo65Net (43106) 2006-11-14 14:35

Bonsoir Daniel,
Super tilt, it works great.
Framing is just perfect, giving great balance between indoor and outdoor.
A good job,
JB.

AmiBe (6042) 2006-11-14 15:32

Salut Daniel,
bon encadrement de ce vendeur.
Bien exposé, les détails sont présents dans les ombres malgré le fort contraste.
J'aime bien la balance :)
a+

Burberry1 (6041) 2006-11-14 16:57

Great cadrage with that delicate tilt and great lightning.
Great, a little perfidious title.
Great quality!

Agnieszka

Furachan (0) 2006-11-14 19:47

Nice tilted view, Daniel, from that place where the poet Rimbaud spent so much time doing bad things... Fine picture, excellent, purposeful note to go with. A strong package.
Best,
Francis

scalerman (25787) 2006-11-14 23:38

Daniel: whatever the tilt does here, what I notice are the details. It's an entertaining comp for sure... c

brevbrev14 (372) 2006-11-15 3:25

Hi Daniel, i like a lot your POV here, the tilt works well and the scene is very interesting!
ciao!
Valeria

vincz (19075) 2006-11-15 3:48

Great compsotion. The tilt adds a lot to the genral feeling of decay and disorder. Lovely colours. Good job!

dolin (15647) 2006-11-15 6:26

Salut Daniel.
très jolie photo avec de très belles teintes verdatres et de superbes textures qui encadrenebt cette fenêtre.
C'est joliment exposé, avec bien du détails à l'intérieur.
Très bien fait et je trouve ton cadrage vraiment bon.
Fred

PixelTerror (87195) 2006-11-15 6:45

SAlut Daniel,
C'est une image bien exposee et qui nous presente bien la vie quotidienne dans cette region, j'apprecie de bien voir les details dans l'ombre de la boutique. Par contre desole mais le tilt a mon avis il te ruine la photo en coupant le haut et en cassant la beaute de ces volets verts.
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves

recepyuksel (17786) 2006-11-16 17:03

Excellent compo, good details, bestwishes

rosaline (0) 2006-11-17 4:12

Hi Daniel
Good shot which gives us an insight into the nature of consumer goods in Ethiopia. The store does look simple but the goods are no doubt a life line. I like the slanted effect of the composition too. The girl's expression is a little sad but the shot delivers good impact and detail. Well done.
Aubrey